On this date the first public commencement took place at Villanova College at the close of the academic year. Previous commencement ceremonies had been held in private owing to the threat of the Know-nothing, anti-Catholic agitators.
On this date the first public commencement took place at Villanova College at the close of the academic year. Previous commencement ceremonies had been held in private owing to the threat of the Know-nothing, anti-Catholic agitators.